Sen. Barrow Peacock, R-Shreveport, said he thought that a state law requiring registration of vehicles and acquistion of drivers' licenses within 30 days was going too far.

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Mike Hasten
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BATON ROUGE - Highly paid unclassified state employees who ignore the state law requiring registration of vehicles and acquisition of drivers' licenses within 30 days could lose their jobs.

The Senate Wednesday gave final approval to HB703 by Rep. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, which imposes the new requirement on appointed employees who make at least $100,000.

"There are a number of unclassified employees working in the state making more than $100,000 who have failed or declined to abide by Louisiana law," said Sen. Rick Gallot, D-Grambling, Wednesday as he handled Edwards' legislation. ...